Corinth Object: C 1934 926
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1934 926
Title:   MORTARIUM
Category Code:   C
Year:   1934
Object Number:   926
Description:   Flaring diskfoot, low profile. The external rim is horizontally shaved, very finely faceted. The handles are plain. Much wear in bowl. Base is wheelmade.
Decoration:   Self-slip on rim, outer wall.
Material:   Small to medium red and gray inclusions; very fine grit also red and gray.
Munsell Color:   Core 5YR 7/6; surface 10YR 8/3-7/3
Condition:   Fragment. Seven joining fragments preserve about half of vessel, with both spool handles; no spout preserved.
Chronology:   ca. 460-420
Bibliography:   Pease 1937, p. 299, no. 190, fig. 32; Corinth VII.3, p. 110, no. 617; Villing & Pemberton 2010, Hesperia 79.4, cat. 21
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: bw 2006 001 02